THE CITY OF TO-MORROW
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—In his article " The City of To-morrow " it is to be regretted that your correspondent feels it necessary in his humiliation to include Kingston-upon-Hull among the English ports which, he says, are so " lamentably different " from the Continental ones he names.
But I venture to think, Sir, that his _knowledge of Kingston-upon-Hull must be somewhat limited. It is true that the port, being one of the oldest in England, still suffers to a certain extent from the mistakes of the past, and this is probably equally applicable to those same Continental ports. Thanks, however, to Mr. F. W. Briclmell, M.Inst.C.E., for many years the City Engineer (I am not sure whether he is still in office), many of these mistakes have been rectified and to-day Kingston-upon-Hull- is one of the forest laid-out cities in the British Isles. As one of the principal ports, too, it would seem at least that the shipping people do not find it so " lamentably different " as otherwise they would dock their ships elsewhere. May I thus inquire what there is about my native city, Kingston-upon-Hull, to make your correspondent so humiliated ?—I am, Sir, &c.,
R. F. BAILEY.
" Clandeboye," Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hants.
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